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USCGC Stellenwerf (CGSC 417)



Call sign (1922):
George - Vice - Jig - Watch

ex-SC-417



Call sign:
George - Have - Pup - Love

Call sign:
Nan - Oboe - Zed - Pup

SC-415 served only in the Coast Guard.

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Built as SC-417 by the College Point Boat Corp., College Point, NY
  • Delivered 31 January 1919
  • Never commissioned
  • Transferred to the Coast Guard 21 October 1919 and named USCGC Stellenwerf (CGSC 417) at New York
  • Named for to Coxswain Merton Stellenwerf, United States Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the USCGC Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington
    after that vessel had been torpedoed on 16 September 1918. Stellenwerf was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross
  • Sold 25 May 1922 to the Connecticut Iron and Metal Co., for $900.00 (This includes price of USCGC Adams (CGSC 268), ex-USS SC-268)
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 9"
  • Draft (fl) 5' 8"
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 26
  • Armament: One single 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns and one depth charge projector "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three Standard 220bhp gasoline engines, three shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-104 395k Inboard profile, inboard arrangement, deck plan, 110 foot U.S. submarine chaser
    U.S. Navy photo NH 83619    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-417
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